WATERCOOLER CHAT: Encounters, The 2021 Color Vibe
The 2021 color vibe explores how the rhythm of colors work with each other to create the comfort zone aesthetic of resimercial design
trends. Reconnecting with a sense of belonging and purpose will be a high priority as businesses return to in-house collaboration. As working from home gives way to a return to the office, we will see a more relaxed style of residential design and colors coming into the workspace.
After a year of isolation and remote collaboration, creating a corporate comfort zone will be significant in luring back to work. The colors used in corporate spaces are typically limited to branding and designating spaces for certain activities. This year will be all about encounters, fresh starts, and re-establishing connections. Much like your team is a mix of skills that work together to form a cohesive brand where color will be collaborating with the more relaxed vibe of residential design to align perfectly with the comforts of home.
The hidden rhythm of color is one of ebb and flow. Creating a subtle undercurrent that can lead your eye around a space, designate a comfort zone, or just become the backdrop for your brand story. Color can lull you into contemplation with its subtlety or wow you into action with its boldness.
Personalized color stories and light-filled spaces became the nature or workstyle as dining rooms became home offices, and dens became homeschool rooms. Porches became retreats for focus. A modern, stylish corporate workspace can also tap into this back-to-nature vibe with bright open reception areas and open rooftop collaborative spaces. Shifting back into the workplace will bring with it a more down
to earth color vibe and aesthetic that evokes the feeling of home, through warm neutral hues that draw in a feeling of relaxation and serenity.
Returning to the office will be all about meaningful encounters and a return to the rhythm of collaboration. Since home office style will continue to heavily influence office design in 2021, let’s take a look at how residential colors connect with that rhythm of workplace change to create a fresh clean office environment that will pivot into wellbeing at work in 2021.
